STRONGEST SOLAR FLARE IN 20 YEARS LIGHTS UP NATION

Borderland residents weren’t the only ones whose skies lit up last weekend. The most powerful solar storm in nearly two decades began Thursday, May 9 and lasted throughout the weekend, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center. The five earth directed coronal mass ejections persisted from Friday until Sunday, a rare event according...